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Kermit Kalb and his son, Stephen, worked indoors most of Friday, doing paperwork and making repairs. Their land in northeast Franklin County was too muddy to work, the grass too wet and the creek too full from the recent rainfall. It was what Kermit Kalb called a “standstill day� for his farm, where they grow corn, soybeans and wheat. Although the storms caused erosion, took out some freshly planted crops and caused damage to a fence on their property, the Kalbs, whose farm is located in moderate drought territory, welcomed the 3.25 inches they received Thursday and Friday. “We’re in a lot better shape since we got some moisture this year,� Kermit said. “It’s probably been 18 months at least since we’ve had this much rain in a 48hour period.� Rain is a good thing, especially here in Kansas. And especially following a 2012 farming season where a lack of rain led to disaster declarations throughout the state, calls to conserve water, and myriad ecological and environmental effects. Last week’s storms and accompanying 3 inches of rain brought May precipitation totals in Lawrence to more than 6 inches, nearly double 2012 numbers and above the local average of 4.8 inches, according to data from the Kansas State Climatologist Office. And so far in Lawrence in 2013, precipitation totals — more than 14 inches — are well above the droughtplagued 11.7 inches seen Please see RAIN, page 2A

Tax deal wraps up legislative session By John Hanna Associated Press

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DEB AND RAY ROWDEN, LAWRENCE, TOUR DIANE AND JIM GUTHRIE’S GARDEN during the Douglas County Extension Master Gardener Garden Tour on Sunday afternoon. Guthrie’s garden, at 2913 Stratford Court, was one of seven featured on this year’s tour. AT TOP, Betsy Boyce and Ronnie Ching, both of Lawrence, tour Megan and Jeffery McGlinn’s garden, located at 512 Rockfence Place.

TOPEKA — Gov. Sam Brownback and other Republican leaders extol the tax plan they pushed through the Kansas Legislature as an engine for growth, but they had help from reluctant GOP lawmakers who merely saw it as more palatable than other options for fixing leftover budget problems. Legislators gave final approval early Sunday to a bill that follows up on massive individual income tax cuts enacted last year. The measure cuts income tax rates again over the next five years. But those new rate reductions are tied to other, revenue-raising measures — including a provision setting the sales tax at 6.15 percent — to head off the projected budget shortfalls resulting from last year’s aggressive tax cutting. The mix of policies in this year’s bill is expected to generate a net gain in state revenues of $777 million over the next five years. Brownback and other supporters of the plan quickly noted that the new dollars raised still are dwarfed by last year’s tax Wagle cuts, worth $4.6 billion over the same period. They also said the next round of income tax rate reductions will position the state to phase out personal income taxes. “We’re starting to turn our state’s economy around,� Brownback said during a Statehouse news conference Saturday night before the vot- Merrick ing. “It will be not only the best in the country to raise a family but also the best to grow a business, and that’s what we’re after.� Brownback promised to sign the measure, having endorsed it publicly. He called it a “fabulous package,� and his news conference featured Senate President Susan Wagle of Wichita and House Speaker Ray Merrick of Stilwell. The plan emerged from private negotiations involving Brownback, the two top Republicans and other key GOP lawmakers. Please see TAX, page 2A

Professor’s award fulfilling on many levels

WOJCIECH LESNIKOWSKI, left, a distinguished professor of architecture at KU, displays his Laurel award from the city of Krakow, Poland, at an event there May 7.

By Matt Erickson merickson@ljworld.com

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Wojciech Lesnikowski has designed skyscrapers and airports. He’s known some of the world’s most famous architects. In restaurants in France, he can get a seat at the best table in the house with a flash of a medal on his lapel. He’s not shy about these things.

But then, his father was not shy, either. In pre-World War II Poland, his father was a soldier, a lawyer and a politician, Lesnikowski says. But he was an avowed anti-communist, and on Wojciech’s 10th birthday, he was taken away to a Soviet Gulag. He never received praise or glory for his service to his country. But now his only child has.

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Lesnikowski, a distinguished professor of architecture at Kansas University, last month became the eighth person to receive a Laurel award from Krakow, Poland’s second-largest city. Established in 2001, the award honors the achievements of people who’ve been associated with Krakow, where Please see AWARD, page 2A

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